February 16, 2018

Is 58:1-9A

Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved.

here right now with it all

On the corner at Grand and Lindell Still, in the street-side chapel I gaze at Crucified Christ hanging From a plain and quite drab tiled ceiling As morning sun filters over His face Casting upon Him shadows – our human race Of students, those bound, and homeless passers-by Of oppressed, those hungry, those wondering why Of the convict just off the passing, noisy bus Perhaps she’s lost in the bustling rush Of trucks, of cars, and of abrupt horns Indeed,

we all are torn

but here right now with it allAs the College Church bell eight times Chimes We see and taste To start anew, with Grace

Prayer

Grant, gentle Father,that your Spirit may give us the will and the courageto act to make a difference,in order to make real your kingdom among us,so that we may we all live togetherin peace, truth, justice and love,sharing the resources of the earth. Amen.

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February 16, 2018

Is 58:1-9A

Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin?

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am.

New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. USCCB approved.

here right now with it all

On the corner at Grand and Lindell Still, in the street-side chapel I gaze at Crucified Christ hanging From a plain and quite drab tiled ceiling As morning sun filters over His face Casting upon Him shadows – our human race Of students, those bound, and homeless passers-by Of oppressed, those hungry, those wondering why Of the convict just off the passing, noisy bus Perhaps she’s lost in the bustling rush Of trucks, of cars, and of abrupt horns Indeed,

we all are torn

but here right now with it allAs the College Church bell eight times Chimes We see and taste To start anew, with Grace

Prayer

Grant, gentle Father,that your Spirit may give us the will and the courageto act to make a difference,in order to make real your kingdom among us,so that we may we all live togetherin peace, truth, justice and love,sharing the resources of the earth. Amen.